THUS from a foreign clime rich merchants come, And thus unlade their rarities at home: Thus undergo an acceptable toil, With treasures to enrich their native soil. They for themselves, for others you unfold A cargo swoln with diamonds and gold. With indefatigable travels, they The trading world, the learned you, survey; And for renown with great Columbus vie, In subterranean cosmography. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREAT LOVER by RUPERT BROOKE RAIN MUSIC by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. LOUIS XV by JOHN STERLING (1806-1844) QUATRAIN: SPENDTHRIFT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PSALM 41. BEATUS QUI INTELLIGIT by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |